Animal toy.



L. ALLIS.

ANIMAL TOY.

APPLICATION FILED APR-26. 1915.

1 1 49, 1 70. Patented Aug. 10, 1915.

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ANIMAL TOY;

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To aZZ whom it mag concern. i

Be it lrnownthat I, Louis ALLIs, a c1tizen of the United] States, andresident of l/lilwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State ofl/Visconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements infAnimalToys; and I do hereby, declare that'the following is a full, clear, andexact description thereof. 1

, My invention has for its primary object to provide a simple. andeconomical animal toy having a body, in some form, composed of pliablematerialthat is impregnated with a substance appealing to oneor moresenses of the animal, whereby the durability oi the toy is insured inorderthatsaid' toywill resist disintegration under chewing strain, to

which it is subjected.

p This toy, may beused by various types of animals and is particularlyadaptedf'or use H of dogs, the design being immaterial as, for example,I may, in some instances, use a tubular form or a solid cylindricalform,

nourishing or medicinal properties or both so commingled with the bodyasa vehicle as to form a solid mass of convenientshape that ispalatable, but practically indestructible;

to provide a bodyyo-r vehicle of substance that is either woven with orwithout some ligature or binding material such as rubber orthe like, orthe vehicle body may be composed of fiber combined with the binder tocause the fiber to adhere in a solid mass that will resist rough usageto which .it may be subjected by an animal at play, or the vehicle bodycontaining palatable matter may be composed of either vegetable ormineral fiber in some instances.

With the above objects in view the invention consists in what is hereinshown, described and claimed. p

In the drawings Figure 1 represents an elevation of atoy in tubularformembodying the features ofmy invention; Fig. l a

I Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented nu -ac, ieis.

cross-section of the same; Fig. 2, an elevation of another form ofiZOYWllGlQlH fiber is employed and so interwoven as to eliminate asecond binderelement; Fig. 3, a perspective view of a toy embodying thefeatures of my invention which isshown in rectangular form, andwFig. ,4a spherical form ofitov embodying the features oi": my invention,

,Reiierring'by characters to the drawings with especial re'ference toFigs. 1 and 1*,

1 represents the outer surface of a cylindrical section, whichsurfaceiscomposed of rubber or analogous material forming, a

coating for an outer layer of woven fiber 2, there being a series ofsuch layers 2, which are boundtogether by the rubbematerial in a mannersimilar to that employed in v constructing tubular hose. When thearticle is in the process of manufacture, either the fibrous body orbinder orboth are treated with a substance which is appealing to atleast one of the senses of an animal, as, for example, this substancemay comprise some saccharine product or some substance ha ving medicinalproperties that are desirable for the health of the animal. F orexample, in the treatment of dogs, in some instances, sulfur may beused,or strychnine in small quantities. These articles may be made up inquantities containing various medical properties forthe treatmentofanlmals, consistentwith certain seasons of the year. It

is apparent that an article so manufactured is tough andpliable and ananimal may chew'upon it from time to time and utilize it as a toy, whichwill resist disintegration for a long periodof time and the taste of thetoy to the animal is palatable, whereby a certain amount of nourishmentor medi cine willbe taken up in the system, due to the chewing andsaliva which renders the.

article exceedingly tasteful to the animal,

thus not only afi ording amusement but healthful results will attain.

The vehicle or body of eachtoy is, under.

all conditions,com1: osed of some pliant material which will resistchewing strain and, for example, in place ofntilizing canvas or wovenfiber in conjunction with a binder of rubber, I may, without departingfromthe spirit of my invention, impregnate a section of woven fiberropeA, as shown in Fig. 2, with a substance that may appeal to any one orall of the senses of an animal.

Attention is called to the fact that, in

ends of the tubular or cylinc lrical'toy and that inso doing thefibrougbody willbecome exposed and to a certain extent 1111- Thls gradualreduction" of the ends Wlll permit access to the .sub.-.

rai eled if woven.

stance which it contains, for nourishment or treatment of the animalmedlcmally and after the chewed end has lost its nourishing or medicinalproperties, it may be cut ofi' to present a fresh end upon wlnch theanlmal i I which is composed of woven fibe'r' layers 3 fwhjich binderalso formsan outer sheath for with, an "adhesive binder & therebetween,

the'composite toy. It i also within the scope of my invent on'to utillzewoven fiber and some ligature or bm'der in such manner that the twoelements are rolled one upon the other, being impregnated with thedesired 7 substance either medicinal or nourishing.

Fig. t shows a ball G that is composed of fibrous'materialz'i and asuitable binder 6.

p Various other forms may be employed'for carrying out my inventionWithout departing from the spirit of the same.

Iclaim:" L lrAn animal toy comprising a phant body impregnated With asubstance appealing to the taste and smellof the animal,

2. An animal toy comprising a. pliant body impregnated stance. r

3,. An animal toy comprising a pliant .ilib1-O11S body impregnated witha palat bl substance;

with a palatable sub- 4. An animal toy comprising a pliant I body, and abinder forthe body, thesaid body elements being impregnated with 'asubstancexappealing to the smell and'ta'ste of the animal. 7 i r 1 5. Ananimal toy comprising a pliant fibrous body, acohesive binder for thesame,

the 'saidleomposite body being impregnated with a palatable substance.

In testimony that I claim theiforegoing I ,havelhereunto set my hand atMilwaukee in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin in thepresence 'of'twowitnesses.

" LOUIS ALL-IS.

WVitnesses: V Y

' s H. E. OLIPHANT',

.M. E.'DOWNEY.

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' i Washington, D. C. i

